That's... actually not the worst of ideas. Columbus was not the one-dimensional villain that certain circles make him out to be today, but there are indeed many explorers who deserve to be honored for their achievements.

Normally, I hate this kind of 'inclusive' nonsense; just leave well-enough along.

But this, THIS, is pretty damned good idea (unless we have to include all the sub-groups that had minor, if any, participation in the discoveries, i.e., the gay - if there were any, porters that carried L&C's stuff onto their boat, the women that brought food to the docks for Columbus, the gay women that drove trucks around Cape Canaveral, you know, crap like that cuz if they do, fark it).

GAT_00:As long as it takes Columbus off of that list, I'm fine with that. There is no reason we should celebrate a mass murdering moron.

Never realized he was intentionally mass-murdering people. You have a citation to where he claimed to want to kill off the natives and decided to use disease to do it? Since, you know, it was murder and all.